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Since leaving Newcastle United…Aaron Hughes

By Carson A Merk

NEWCASTLE - APRIL 21: Aaron Hughes of Newcastle United is brought down by Dion Dublin of Aston Villa during the FA Barclaycard Premiership match on April 21, 2003 between Newcastle United and Aston Villa at St. James Park in Newcastle, England. (Photo by Mike Finn-Kelcey/Getty Images)
NEWCASTLE - APRIL 21: Aaron Hughes of Newcastle United is brought down by Dion Dublin of Aston Villa during the FA Barclaycard Premiership match on April 21, 2003 between Newcastle United and Aston Villa at St. James Park in Newcastle, England. (Photo by Mike Finn-Kelcey/Getty Images) /
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Former Newcastle United defender Aaron Hughes is still shutting down strikers in the Scottish Premiership.

In another edition of our series catching up on where former Newcastle United players are now, we see what central defender Aaron Hughes has been up to since leaving Tyneside.

Newcastle United career: Came up through the youth system, played for the first team 1997-2005, 254 appearances, six goals, only nine yellow cards

Soccer stops since leaving Newcastle United: Aston Villa, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers, Brighton and Hove Albion, Melbourne City, Kerala Blasters, Heart of Midlothian

Fun Facts

  • 455 English Premier League appearances without being sent off, the second-most of all-time
  • Scored his first NUFC goal in an 8-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday in 1999, playing for the late Bobby Ronson
  • Made over 100 appearances for the Northern Ireland national team, becoming the first outfield player to do so for the country
  • Captained the Northern Irish side from 2003-2011
  • Briefly from international soccer in 2011, only to return in 2012
  • Led Kerala Blasters FC to the league final in the Indian Super League, losing on penalty kicks

Where is he now? (38 years old)

Aaron Hughes is not slowing down, despite his age. After an injury-plagued 2016-17 season that limited him to 12 matches, the central defender appeared in 23 matches this season for Heart of Midlothian. You may recall he got to play against Newcastle United in the club’s first friendly of the preseason last summer. After signing a new one-year deal with the Scottish side back in May 2017 and he will need to be deciding his playing future soon.

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